Windows Alt Codes

In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code can
be used to type a non-English character (accented letter or punctuation
symbol) in any Windows application. More detailed instructions about typing
accents with ALT keys are available. Additional options for entering
accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents
section of this Web site.

Windows French Keyboard

Macintosh Accent Codes

Accented Vowels

For the Template, the symbol "V" means any vowel. The
format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then
type the vowel you wish to be accented.Note: You should use the French Keyboard if you need to type accents on the letter y.

Mac Option Codes for Vowels

ACCENT

SAMPLE

TEMPLATE

Acute

á Á

Option+E, V

Circumflex

â Â

Option+I, V

Grave

à À

Option+`, V

Umlaut

ë Ë

Option+U, V

Example 1: To input the lower case ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.Example 2: To input the capital Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release all both keys then type capital O.

HTML Entity Codes

Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you
want to type île you would type &icirc;le.

The numbers in parentheses are the numeric codes assigned in Unicode encoding. For instance, because î is number 238,
&#238;le can also be used to input île.
These numbers are also used with the Windows Alt
codes listed above.

Capital Vowels

Vwl

Entity Code

À

&Agrave;(192)

Â

&Acirc; (194)

Ä

&Auml; (196)

È

&Egrave; (200)

É

&Eacute; (201)

Ê

&Ecirc; (202)

Ë

&Euml; (203)

Î

&Icirc; (206)

Ï

&Iuml; (207)

Ô

&Ocirc; (212)



&OElig; (140)

Ù

&Ugrave; (217)

Û

&Ucirc; (219)

Ü

&Uuml; (220)

Ÿ

&Yuml; (159)

Lower Vowels

Vwl

Entity Code

à

&agrave; (224)

â

&acirc; (226)

ä

&auml; (228)

è

&egrave; (232)

é

&eacute; (233)

ê

&ecirc; (234)

ë

&euml; (235)

î

&icirc; (238)

ï

&iuml; (239)

ô

&ocirc; (244)



&oelig; (156)

ù

&ugrave; (250)

û

&ucirc; (251)

ü

&uuml; (252)

ÿ

&yuml; (255)

Cons/Symbols

Sym

Entity Code

Ç

&Ccedil; (199)

ç

&ccedil; (231)

«

&laquo; (171)

»

&raquo; (187)

‹

&lsaquo;

›

&rsaquo;

€

&euro;

Note: The codes &oelig;, &OElig;, &Yuml; have been added for ,  and , but do not work in earlier browsers such as Netscape 4.7. Older browsers may also not suport single angle codes (&lsaquo; / &rsaquo; for ‹ and ›).

Using Encoding and Language Codes

Computers process text by assuming a certain encoding or a system of matching electronic data with visual text characters. Whenever you develop a Web site you need to make sure the proper encoding is specified in the header tags; otherwise the browser may default to U.S. settings and not display the text properly.

To declare an encoding, insert or inspect the following meta-tag at the top of your HTML file, then replace "???" with one of the encoding codes listed above.

Language tags are also suggested so that search engines and screen readers parse the language of a page. These are meta data tags which indicate the page of a language, not devices to trigger translation. Visit the Language Tag page to view information on where to insert it.